James Ross (Pennsylvania)

James Ross (12 July 1762-27 November 1847) was a US Senator from Pennsylvania from 24 April 1794 to 4 March 1803, succeeding Albert Gallatin and preceding Samuel Maclay. He was a member of the Federalist Party.

Biography
James Ross was born in Delta, Pennsylvania in 1762, and he became a lawyer in 1784. From 1789 to 1790, he was a member of the committee that drafted the state constitution, and Ross successfully negotiated an end to the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. From 1794 to 1803, he served in the US Senate, and he was a failed gubernatorial candidate in 1799, 1808, and 1808. He died in 1847.